Browsing Uganda Forestry Resources and Institutions Center (UFRIC) Collections by Type
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Bamboo regeneration and succession in Echuya
(NARO, 2003-05-28)Echuya was gazetted in 1939 as 'a Forest Reserve. At that time, the forest vegetation consisted of dense evergreen stands of Arundinaria alpina (bamboo) (Howard 1991). .Kingston (1968) report that in 1947the bamboo stems ... -
Busowe Nature Reserve and Kabunja Private Forest and their users
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Butto-Buvuma Forest Reserve site report: Third visit, 2005
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Community involvement in natural resources management
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Community-based forest resource management in East Africa
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Early detection of tropical forest degradation: an IFIU pilot study in Uganda.
(Environmental conservation, 1995) -
Ecological changes following rules in use and anthropology: the case of Echuya bamboo forest, south-western Uganda
(The Uganda Society, 2004)At the time of reservation in 1935, Echuya Forest Reserve located in S. Western Uganda was dominated by bamboo (Arundinaria alpina Schum) vegetation. Presently, the bamboo vegetation is being replaced by hardwood tree ... -
The ecological changes of Echuya afromontane bamboo forest, Uganda
(East African Wild Life Society., 2001)Echuya forest reserve was gazetted in 1939 and was then mainly a bamboo forest with very few hardwood trees. However, the current ecological situation shows that hardwood trees are replacing bamboo. This study analysed the ... -
Firewood consumption around Budongo forest reserve in western Uganda
(MUARIK, 1998)Wood fuel is renewable, but its consumption can not be sustained when the rate of harvesting exceeds the growth rate. Per capita consumption of firewood was 0.7 cubic metres in Masindi and 0.6 cubic metres in Hoima district. ... -
The impact of population density on forest management and use in Uganda
(1997)To investigate the relationship between population density and forest management and use in Uganda, this study focuses on agricultural communities in four districts representing contrasting population levels, forest resources ... -
Indigenous technical knowledge and forest management: A case study of sacred groves (Traditional Forest Reserves), Mpigi District, Uganda
(UFRIC, 1997)The high rate of deforestation and degradation of the environment in Uganda are dangerous obstacles to sustainable management of forests and trees in the country and therefore require urgent and consolidated effort of all ... -
Integrating remote sensing data and rapid appraisals for land-cover change analyses in Uganda
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2005-08-05)Rapid population growth, unsustainable land use, and a pervasively degrading landscape are components of a dominant paradigm regarding African development. While recent work articulating the 'misreading' of the African ... -
Integrating remote sensing data and rapid appraisals for land-cover change analyses in Uganda
(John Wiley & Sons, 2005)Rapid population growth, unsustainable land use, and a pervasively degrading landscape are components of a dominant paradigm regarding African development. While recent work articulating the 'misreading' of the African ...